The complete 2026 slate with rest edges and schedule context, the 2025 ledger, and the franchise record since 1999 — every number computed from the bundled nflverse game log.
The San Francisco 49ers enter 2026 off a 12–5 season. Their 2026 opponents went a combined 143–145–1 in 2025 (a .497 strength of schedule, 18 of 32 — the naive prior-year method, whose real forecast error is measured here). The calendar hands them a net rest differential of 0 days (17 of 32), with week 2 (+3), week 9 (+7), week 12 (-7), week 14 (-3), week 16 (+4), week 17 (-3); the bye falls in week 8, they play 2 Thursday games, and 1 of their final four games are divisional. The slate has 5 kickoffs at 7 PM ET or later and a longest road stretch of 2 straight games. Rest-edge context lives in the schedule-quirks explainer; the division picture is in the NFC West preview.
Results fill in automatically as the bundled nflverse game log updates; until a game is played its result column shows a dash.
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Rest edge | Notes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 10 | vs Los Angeles Rams | — | DIV Thu Neutral (Melbourne Cricket Ground) | W 27–7 |
| 2 | Sep 20 | vs Miami Dolphins | +3 | — | W 35–13 |
| 3 | Sep 27 | vs Arizona Cardinals | — | DIV | W 36–30 |
| 4 | Oct 4 | vs Denver Broncos | — | — | W 24–14 |
| 5 | Oct 11 | at Seattle Seahawks | — | DIV | W 32–29 |
| 6 | Oct 19 | vs Washington Commanders | — | Mon | W 23–17 |
| 7 | Oct 25 | at Atlanta Falcons | -1 | — | L 20–29 |
| 9 | Nov 8 | vs Las Vegas Raiders | +7 | — | — |
| 10 | Nov 15 | at Dallas Cowboys | — | — | — |
| 11 | Nov 22 | vs Minnesota Vikings | — | Neutral (Estadio Banorte) | — |
| 12 | Nov 29 | vs Seattle Seahawks | -7 | DIV | — |
| 13 | Dec 6 | at New York Giants | — | — | — |
| 14 | Dec 13 | vs Los Angeles Rams | -3 | DIV | — |
| 15 | Dec 17 | at Los Angeles Chargers | — | Thu | — |
| 16 | Dec 27 | at Kansas City Chiefs | +4 | — | — |
| 17 | Jan 3 | vs Philadelphia Eagles | -3 | — | — |
| 18 | Jan 10 | at Arizona Cardinals | — | DIV | — |
Final record 12–5, 437 points scored against 371 allowed (+66). Home 5–3, road 7–2. One-score games (decided by 8 or fewer): 5–1 — the split most likely to regress either way, per the Pythagorean explainer.
Across the 27 seasons in the bundled game log the franchise is 211–225–1 (.484). Best season in the window: 2011 (13–3); leanest: 2004 (2–14). Franchise moves are joined under the current code (SF), so older seasons include predecessor cities where applicable.
Sources: nflverse public game log bundled at data/games.csv (schedule, rest, and results; retrieved August 2026 — in-season updates refresh this page's results column). No projections, no invented numbers: this page reports the schedule and the record, and links the analysis.